From owner-freebsd-smp Sun Nov 9 07:39:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA16508 for smp-outgoing; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 07:39:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-smp) Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA16497; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 07:39:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chuckr@glue.umd.edu) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA26831; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 09:36:21 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: picnic.mat.net: chuckr owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 09:36:19 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@localhost To: Gary Palmer cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best processor? In-Reply-To: <9268.879084550@orion.webspan.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, Gary Palmer wrote: > > Which is the best processor for a SMP system? PPro or PII? > > Also, as an aside, looking at the Tyan Titan Pro board, I see you need > `VRM's, but none of the online catalogues have such things. Do they > come with the board? They did when I bought one, one Voltage Regulator Module per processor installed. Little boards with huge toroids on them. > > Thanks, > > Gary > -- > Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member > FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------